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Cheney praises Snow

Tribune's Mark Silva on tribute to the late Bush aide

July 14, 2008|By Mark Silva

WASHINGTON — In an homage to Tony Snow, who had not always agreed with President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney says he too has not always agreed with the president -- but that he and Snow, Bush's late former press secretary, were part of a team.

"He was a major player in the conservative movement," Cheney said of Snow, who succumbed to a battle with cancer on Saturday at the age of 53. Cheney was interviewed by Chris Wallace for "Fox News Sunday," a show that Snow had started hosting in 1996. Asked about Snow's conservatism, Cheney said: "I frankly agreed with him on nearly everything."

"I've known or worked with a lot of press secretaries, White House press secretaries, in my 40 years in Washington, and I'd have to say that Tony's the best."